Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Miguel Angel Aleman" 
<alemanma@b...> wrote:
> Hello Richard and David (and others)
> 
> I also posted my "UltraChrome Issues and Concerns" note at the Epson 
> 9000 Forum where, with the exception of a few replies, it was 
largely 
> ignored. As you well know, the same seems to be happening on this 
> forum.


No, hardly at all, Miguel!

I read the thread and printed out both of your posts and have them 
here for reference. Just because I (or others) don't reply doesn't 
always mean I'm not listening. A few times I'm just too busy and 
important messages do sneak past me.


I was debating switching to glossy with the 2200. Your experiences 
will help guide me in selecting what if any papers to test.


There are two papers listed here:

http://www.inkjetart.com/EpsonStylusPhoto2200/media.html


one is Micro ceramic luster (supposed to be similar to Epson Premium 
Luster). One is "Epson Professional Glossy paper"...only available in 
13x19 sheets, and is  a little known paper.
I don't know if in your reply you have already tested this last paper 
as Epson names their papers confusionly. But the word "professional" 
is how it is distinguished.
Do you have any comments on these papers?

 
> 
> I don't know how to interpret the silence, but I venture to guess 
> it meant that within the context of the available options, 
> UltraChrome users are quite happy with the performance they are 
> getting from this ink set.

If one is willing to live with lower Dmax and matte though wouldn't 
this be true? I haven't gotten my 2200 yet, so this is a sincere 
question: I want to be able to fall back on a matte solution and be 
happy with it as long as I am willing to sacrifice Dmax.

I don't think you were using IP5 btw were you? Probably wouldn't make 
a difference for what your looking at unless the driver dithers black 
signifigantly different(?)
Jim H.

> 
> Having said tht, let me share me share what I learned from the 
> replies I did get regarding "bronzing/gloss differential":
> 
> - it is the worst on Epson Premium Glossy paper (which happens to be 
> the paper used in two sample images I had an Epson Pro Dealer print 
> for me)
> 
> - is not as bad on Epson Semigloss
> 
> - it does not occur on Epson Glossy Photo (and other cast-coated 
> papers)
> 
> - it does not occur on Pictorico papers
> 
> - and, of course, it does not occur at all in Matte papers
> 
> - and of course, is not existent
> 
> Please comment if your experience differs from the above 
observations.
> 
> Thanks, Miguel Angel Aleman